BOOKS - Bleeders by Bill Pronzini (2015-12-22)
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Bleeders by Bill Pronzini (2015-12-22)
Author: unknown author
Year: January 1, 1673
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 980 KB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 1673
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 980 KB
Language: English
Bleeders Series Nameless Detective 29By Bill PronziniISBN 10 1628153296ISBN 13 9781628153293ISSN ISFDB Publication Record ASIN B019YEE5USBritish National Bibliography System Number Canadian National Catalogue AMICUS Number Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication National Library of Australia Bib ID OCLC Number 1004395170OCoLC eISBN 10 eISBN 13 9781628153286Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number Publisher Speaking Volumes 2015Private Investigator MysteriesBad money turns unforgettably murderous in the twentyseventh novel of the longrunning awardwinning Nameless Detective seriesA simple case of blackmail gets lethally complicated when Nameless Bill Pronzinis seasoned privateeye exposes a nasty scam that involves junior accounts executive Jay Cohalan his unhappy wife and a mistress with a serious drug problem Its the kind of case Nameless likes because bleedersthe blackmailers extortionists smalltime grifters and other opportunists who prey on the weak and gulliblesit near the top of his mostworthlesshumanbeings list So he contemplates with pleasure the prospect of putting another one or two of these parasites out of commission and then returning the 75000 in cash to its rightful ownerNameless discovers though that he is not going to be able so easily to close his Cohalan filenot when he finds his client face down in the middle of a fourposter bed with a bloody powderscorched hole behind the right ear And only by a hairs breadth does Nameless himself escape a similar fate Aggrieved cut to the psychological quick by his close brush with death Nameless embarks on a relentless hunt for his unknown assailant in San Franciscos shadowy underworld There he encounters bleeders of every ilklike the loan shark Nick Kinsella drug dealer Jackie Spoons punchdrunk boxer Zeke Mayjack and crankhead Charlie Brightbefore he tracks down his quarryAt a deserted backcountry road stop Nameless packing his longunused 38 attends to the last of a bad business and in a climax as powerful as it is unexpected finally confronts his own demons He maybe even conquers them
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